>Long ago, Rosa Parks declined to give up her seat on the bus in favor of a white passenger. And before her others did the same (such as Claudette Colvin), but

>Long ago, Rosa Parks declined to give up her seat on the bus in favor of a white passenger. And before her others did the same (such as Claudette Colvin), but they weren't considered sympathetic enough, and so nothing happened. We need to remember that Parks was a calculated political tactic, less we find ourselves with a bunch of Colvins and not a single Parks.